Muhlenberg College
1999 Fall Sports Update
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Muhlenberg College
1999 Fall Sports Update
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Last updated September 25, 1999
After a Saturday spent passing the ball around, Michael McCabe
has been named offensive player of the week by the Centennial Conference.
The Mules’ junior quarterback set CC game records and school records
for passing yards (471) and total offense yards (457) in a game. He
completed 28 of 36 passes, including the first 10 in a row, and threw
four touchdowns. McCabe, who leads the CC in passing yards (330 per game)
and efficiency rating (181.63), also shared offensive player
of the week honors from the 
Muhlenberg College has hired Brad Hackett as its first full-time head
coach of men’s and women’s track and field since 1990. Hackett, who
also will be the director of intramurals and
recreation, has coached at the collegiate level for more than 14
years, including one academic year (1994-95) during which he was
acting head coach of cross country and track at Syracuse University.
He was at Syracuse from 1988 to 1997 following a three years as an
assistant at Bucknell and two at Colgate. Since last November, Hackett, a
1983 graduate of Colgate,
has served as chair of the Men’s Development Committee for USA Track and
Field, with responsibility for
all aspects of men’s
development in all events, including talent identification and
athlete tracking at the junior elite, emerging elite and elite
levels. He was the men’s national triple jump chair for USA Track and
Field from 1993 to 1998 and served as national spokesperson for the
event. In 1991, he was jump instructor for NACAC, an association of
28 countries in North and Central America.